Venerable Fulton Sheen

  • “The principal cause of discontent is egotism, or selfishness, which sets the self up as a primary plant around which everyone else must revolve.
  • The second cause of discontent is envy, which makes us regard the possessions and the talents of others as if they were stolen from us.
  • The third cause is covetousness, or an inordinate desire to have more, in order to compensate for the emptiness of our heart.
  • The fourth cause of discontent is jealousy, which is sometimes occasioned through melancholia and sadness, and at other times by a hatred of those who have what we wish for ourselves.”

Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.